Posted on 10/20/2017 5:42:58 AM PDT by C19fan
A top Chinese official has claimed several high-ranking members of the Communist Party had plotted to seize power from President Xi Jinping. These party members have since been arrested or jailed in a wide-reaching corruption crackdown launched by Mr Xi. Some observers have said the crackdown was used to conduct a political purge of Mr Xi's opponents.
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Wish we could lock up the people after OUR president.
Gotta keep those container ships heading east.
The Erdogan playbook.
Dang, nobody here saw that one coming./s
Not a word in the article about what changes the accused plotters wanted to make, or If any real ideological struggle was involved.
That would require an investigative reporter. They don't need those anymore.
Thats a critical detail, since Xi Jinping has both Maoist and capitalist enemies. Without telling us which these are, the article is virtually useless.
Occam’s Razor in these times would suggest the capitalist enemies.
If you intend to strike the king, you had better kill him.
Yep, I was eagerly reading the article to find out what sort of rebels might be plotting against the Chinese power struction, and I learned nothing.
This plot or plots is from a few years ago.
My guess would be there was no attempted coup. That we have a purge. Getting rid of those too loyal to Xi’s rivals.
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